Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

PRISM THE GIFT FUND 

Encouraging charitable giving
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 21 years

02074867760

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/22£114,868£57,595£57,273£0£235,237£8130.200
30/06/21£80,388£52,783£27,606£0£188,108£1,1340.300
30/06/20£93,635£52,561£41,074£0£141,054£1,1230.300
30/06/19£44,750£32,725£12,025£0£100,977£9310.300
30/06/18£42,394£30,775£11,619£0£89,483£5130.200
30/06/17£22,129£17,410£4,719£0£76,359£5400.400
30/06/16£27,128£10,749£16,379£0£67,264£5300.600
30/06/15£16,689£4,969£11,720£0£49,261£4931.200
30/06/14£16,509£2,782£13,726£2£37,738£4812.100
30/06/13£18,764£877£17,886£2£23,546£291400
30/06/12£5,037£245£4,792£1£5,825£381.900
30/06/11£201£398£-196£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£248£206£42£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£526£527£-1£0£1,528£410.900
30/06/08£644£636£8£1£7,361£7,323138.200
30/06/07£7,570£323£7,248£1£7,657£160.600
30/06/06£252£224£28£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£1,371£200£1,172£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 47.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Comic Relief£1,699,550
Thirty Percy Foundation£834,341
Home Office£722,949
Lankelly Chase Foundation£535,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to RefuAid-a restricted fund under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund
£55,000 14/07/2020
12
Towards the salary of the Placement Lead to launch RefuAid's new recruitment arm which will support long-term sustainability.
Nesta - AX00036
£30,000 17/06/2020
9
Collective Intelligence Grants Programme - second round programme grant to International Organisation for Migration Grant Ref AX00036
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to Prism the Gift Fund
£10,000 20/10/2023
TASK fund donation towards core costs
Staples Trust - Syria earthquake appeal
£5,000 31/03/2023
On the ground support in Syria following earthquake
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Syria earthquake appeal
£5,000 31/03/2023
On the ground support in Syria following earthquake
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Wizz Air (Choose Love)
£150,875 10/05/2022
Grant for flights for displaced Ukrainians
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the costs of a Kindertransport memorial in Harwich.
£5,000 23/11/2021
towards the costs of a Kindertransport memorial in Harwich.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the costs of a Kindertransport memorial in Harwich.
£5,000 23/11/2021
Towards the costs of a Kindertransport memorial in Harwich.
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Farming The Future via Prism
£304,000 15/11/2021
Continuation funding for Farming The Future, a pooled fund with a goal of strengthening the ecosystem of the UK food and farming movement (Prism The Gift Fund is the fiscal sponsor)
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Prism the Gift Fund
£880 25/09/2021
Anonymous donation
Home Office - Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)
£314,269 28/07/2021
The Modern Slavery Fund aims to prevent modern slavery in priority countries and contribute towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal to end modern slavery The MSIF is for funding innovative, ....more
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 26/07/2021
to support specified work
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Prism the Gift Fund
£600 18/07/2021
Anonymous donation
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Future Foundations UK via Prism
£25,617 18/06/2021
On-funding from JRF and JRCT to support the establishment of FFUK, a member led network of POC working in the Philanthropy in the UK.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to RefuAid
£60,000 07/06/2021
Towards the cost of a Language Programme which provides a crucial stepping-stone for refugees in rebuilding their lives in the UK.
John Ellerman Foundation - Resourcing Racial Justice
£30,000 26/05/2021
Resourcing Racial Justice
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Resourcing Racial Justice via Prism
£4,724 25/05/2021
Thirty Percy Foundation managed and administered the £140k of core costs funding received for Resourcing Racial Justice. With RRJ in a position to centralise and administer their own core costs, ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Holocaust Awareness Raising
£25,000 17/05/2021
To raise awareness on social media channels and through community engagement via Foundation Stones
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The World Reimagined - a restricted fund under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund
£60,000 10/03/2021
6
Towards project costs to develop a community engagement programme as part of The World Reimagined, globe sculpture trails in cities and towns across the UK in 2022 catalysing conversations on the ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Prism the Gift Fund
£2,000 09/01/2021
PLEASE ALLOCATE TO THE 'HELP REFUGEES RESTRICTED FUND' FOR USE BY HELP REFUGEES LTD TO HELP REFUGESS IN LESVOS AND ELSEWHERE. From Alison Graham.
Co-Op Foundation - #iwill Bereavement - EOI
£20,000 02/12/2020
To bring together disadvantaged_x000D_ young people and train them to_x000D_ become 'grief activists' helping other_x000D_ bereaved young people in their_x000D_ community through a series of ....more
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£20,000 12/10/2020
to support specified work
The Joffe Trust - The Lotus Flower
£90,000 02/10/2020
36
Invest in organisational development
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Resourcing Racial Justice via Prism
£500,000 23/09/2020
To support a newly established UK wide-funding pool to support individuals and communities working towards racial justice.
Comic Relief - Covid-19 Emergency Funding - International Intermediaries
£500,000 26/06/2020
12
COVID19 - This investment will enable Help Refugees to flow funds to those on the frontline of responding to the crisis on migration routes from the Middle East to Europe.
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment RefuAid-a restricted fund under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund
£200,000 17/06/2020
72
Towards an investment into the organisation’s refugee equal access loan employment programme.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Prism The Gift Fund ( Resourcing Racial justice)
£535,000 05/06/2020
Prism The Gift Fund ( Resourcing Racial justice)
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
£408,680 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Comic Relief - Moving Choose Love from the margins; systemic change to meet a growing crisis
£400,000 17/03/2020
36
Help Refugees will build on their existing advocacy work in both the UK, in Europe, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries to impact wider systemic change to the refugee crisis in Europe, as ....more
Comic Relief - Uprooted and Unprotected: Supporting Young People in their Search for Safety
£399,950 17/03/2020
36
RYS is applying for core funds to further its rights-based work improving the safety and wellbeing of unaccompanied minors and youth on the move. In Northern France (Calais and Dunkirk), they will ....more
Comic Relief - Safeguarding hope: mental health and psychosocial support for refugee families and frontline workers
£399,600 17/03/2020
36
Refugee Trauma Initiative will run their two main programmes for young people and children (with their parents) of refugee and asylum seeker status. Funding will cover 3 years of a proportion of ....more
The Funding Network - Reform of Trauma Care in Sri Lanka
£6,325 05/12/2019
Our project is to reform the trauma care system in Sri Lanka and reduce mortality rates from traumatic injury, through training of medical professionals and the provision of medical equipment.
Greater London Authority - Grant to An Outdoor Classroom for Grow
£50,000 19/09/2019
GROW is a life skills education programme that exposes children to nature, teaches them about nutrition and provides a sustainable source of food for schools and the local community. We want to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Apart of Me
£9,660 21/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to support young people with bereavement through the use of a therapeutic app. The project aims to prevent serious mental health problems by facilitating peer to peer and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Help Refugees - Prism the Gift Fund
£20,000 13/02/2019
6
Towards a Hub which will be an accurate, translated and user-friendly online resource for refugees, asylum seekers and those who work with them, in the UK
Comic Relief - RefuAid - Equal Access Loan Programme
£210,000 28/11/2018
54
In September 2017 RefuAid launched the first (and only) nationwide loan scheme for refugees. The loan scheme provides support to those who have be granted refugee status and have full rights to ....more
Comic Relief - Help refugees
£2,050,000 25/07/2018
36
This £2m grant to Help Refugees supports people along the route as they are forced to flee their homes and make the treacherous, journey from the Middle East and North Africa into Europe and towards ....more
Mark Leonard Trust - To develop the newly operational centre with core cost support
£60,000 20/06/2018
To develop the newly operational centre with core cost support.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Help Refugees - Prism the Gift Fund
£19,200 08/03/2018
8
Towards the Refugee Into Hub UK, a new approach to accessing information in the UK for refugees, asylum seekers and caseworkers.
Comic Relief - Help Refugees - Advocacy and Child Protection
£200,000 19/07/2017
24
Following the devastating treatment of children during & post demolition of the Calais camp and the fire at Dunkirk camp, there are hundreds of displaced unaccompanied child refugees (UASC) ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Online befriending scheme for socially-isolated asylum seekers, refugees and migrants
£15,075 29/06/2017
18
Anneke Elwes’ extensive experience in market research and as a volunteer in the refugee sector has led her to set up HostNation. This digital befriending scheme aims to connect refugees, people who ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 05/05/2017
Refugee Access Loan
Staples Trust - Winter Emergency - Help Refugees
£1,500 07/02/2017
To the organisation Help Refugees towards their Winter Emergency Appeal.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Help Refugees- basic needs of refugees living in camps in Greece
£5,000 19/01/2017
For Help Refugees towards meeting the basic needs of refugees living in camps in Greece.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards two Early Learning Projects run by Help Refugees
£42,000 19/12/2016
Towards the Refugee Trauma Initiative and Help Refugees Early Learning Initiative - Greece and Calais.
Comic Relief - Help Refugees to support Unaccompanied Minors in Calais
£50,000 28/09/2016
3
Help Refugees to support Unaccompanied Minors in Calais
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Help Refugees pilot - refugee camps in Greece
£5,000 20/09/2016
For Help Refugees towards a pilot of an early learning and trauma first aid initiative at refugee camps in Greece.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Salary costs for Help Refugees worker
£5,000 08/06/2016
For the salary of a worker for Help Refugees and to organise early learning and maternal care for refugees from Greece.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-70
  • CHARLES MESQUITA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Business Development Director Standard Life Wealth
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/09/2003, number: 1099682
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/02/2003, number: 04677253
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KOHN FOUNDATION on 28/01/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE EDITH AND FERDINAND PORJES CHARITABLE TRUST on 06/06/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE HARBOUR CHARITABLE TRUST on 08/08/2022
Main office

20 GLOUCESTER PLACE
LONDON
W1U 8HA

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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